NN Running Team is a professional running team based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 2017 by Jos Hermens, the director of Global Sports Communication. The team's title sponsor is the Dutch insurance company NN Group.[1] The running team includes some of the most accomplished distance runners in the world, including many Olympians.[2] One of NN Running Team's training camps is located in Kaptagat, Kenya.[3]
As of January 2023, the team consisted of over 70 athletes from eight different countries, including 50 men and 20 women.[4] Some of its most notable members are: marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, Geoffrey Kamworor, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and multiple world record holder Letesenbet Gidey.[5][6] Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):[7]
- 203 road race wins,
- 16 world records,
- 4 European records,
- 29 national records,
- 10 World Cup and Olympic Games medals,
- 13 World Marathon Majors victories,
- 14 silver/bronze medals in World Marathon Majors,
- 32 podium finishes in major (but not World Major) city marathons (Amsterdam, Valencia, Rotterdam, Paris, Hamburg).
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- ^ Keisall, Christopher (August 21, 2016). "Successful Olympic Games for Global Sports Communications". Athletics Illustrated.
- ^ NN Running Team members Archived 2019-02-19 at the Wayback Machine. January 24th, 2018 by Tim Huebsch. Canadian Running Magazine.
- ^ Kelsall, Christopher (19 January 2023). "NN Running Team announces three new athletes and new goals". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ Fabulous fall beckons for Kipchoge and NN Running Team. Runner's Tribe.
- ^ "Kipchoge breaks marathon world record in Berlin with stunning 2:01:39". IAAF.org. International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
- ^ "7 hoogtepunten uit 5 jaar NN Running Team". Runner's World (in Dutch). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-04.